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First consideration will be given to current, permanent VISN 22 employees.

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This position serves as a VISN 22 Human Resources Specialist (Staffing) located in the Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) HR Shared Services Unit (SSU), Team Greater Los Angeles.

Major duties include but are not limited to:

Recruitment and Placement

• Evaluating applications and resumes using Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Veterans Administration (VA) qualification standards, verifying eligibility, and rating and ranking applicants;
• Drafting and preparing announcements;
• Reviewing and consulting, in conjunction with the hiring manager, on job analysis and/or rating and ranking panels when needed;
• Identifying management problems and analyzing them from the management viewpoint;
• Providing technical advice and assistance to the human resources staff and management officials in all areas of staffing and recruitment, including priority placement, direct hiring, special hiring authorities, etc.;
• Troubleshooting and resolving difficult and controversial internal and external staffing and placement problems.

Consultation

• Collaboratively evaluating trends in missions, technology, manpower, fiscal resources, and other factors influencing future needs;
• Coordinating with leadership stakeholders, to include local, regional and national leadership throughout the entire recruitment process and advising on the selection of Subject Matter Experts and the rating panel process.
• Preparing written correspondence and other documents;
• Advising and consulting on targeted recruitment strategies and non-traditional recruitment opportunities specific to the local and regional market area;
• Providing innovative recruitment solutions.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Pacific Standard Time
Telework: VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.
Remote: This is a remote position.
Position Description/PD#: Human Resources Specialist (Rec/Plac)/PD99989A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

**Critical Skills Incentive: Come see why we choose VISN 22, and you should too! The VISN 22 Desert Pacific Healthcare Network, Veterans Health Administration, is authorizing a 15% Critical Skills Incentive for Human Resources Specialists/Assistants performing at the fully successful level or higher.**

This incentive was approved on a 6 month duration and will be prorated from the effective date of April 8,2023. The expiration date of the HR Critical Skills Incentive is October 7, 2023.

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• You may be required to serve a probationary period
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/12/2023.

Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11.

The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.

The BASIC REQUIREMENT for the HR Specialist GS-0201 series is presumed met if found qualified at the GS-0201-7 level and above.

To qualify for this position at the GS-12 level, you must meet one of the following listed Criteria:
Criteria 1- Graduate Degree and Specialized Experience: Successful completion of a graduate level degree or higher and three years of progressive specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 grade level. Such experience may be gained in administrative, professional, technical or other responsible work positions in the public (i.e., Government or military) or private sector. Qualifying specialized experience includes:

• applying laws, executive orders, regulations, policies, concepts, and various HR policies, practices, procedures, and management controls of the recruitment and placement functions sufficient to provide comprehensive staffing and placement services;
• developing various recruitment strategies;
• advising management officials of various types of appointments;
• advising on procedural and regulatory requirements in recruitment and placement;
• developing vacancy announcements;
• using a variety of standardized internal/external recruitment strategies to aid in strategic recruitment planning; and advising on position career patterns;
• troubleshoot and resolve staffing and placement problems or issues.

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Criteria 2 - Specialized Experience: You must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in federal service that demonstrates HR management knowledge, concepts and principles and the performance of work in one or more of the HR specialty areas. Such experience may be gained in administrative, professional, technical or other responsible work positions in the public (i.e., Government or military) or private sector. Qualifying specialized experience includes:

• conducting recruitment and placement activities from cradle to grave for variety of professional, administrative and technical positions;
• interpreting and applying qualification standards/requirements to determine applicant qualifications;
• providing technical guidance and consultation regarding rules and regulations laws, policies and procedures pertaining to recruitment and staffing and personnel actions;
• explaining recruitment and placement policies, processes, and rules to managers in developing recruitment packages including job analysis, crediting plans, and performance-based interview questions;
• troubleshooting internal and external staffing and placement issues;
• analyzing recruitment and staffing issues or problems and recommending possible approaches, alternatives, and solutions;
• utilizing USA Staffing (or other automated staffing programs) to prepare vacancy announcements and issue referrals to managers.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:

• Analysis and Problem Solving
• Communications
• Customer Service
• Recruitment/Placement
• Technical Competence

Your experience must be fully documented on your resume and must include job title, duties, month and year start/end dates AND hours worked per week. A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify information provided by a candidate (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candidate's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position.